The Faraja Makeover
Story by Diane Priestley and Peter B.Garama
Great progress is being made with the dramatic transformation of the Faraja Centre this February 2019.
Our electrician Elius did a superb job of wiring power points and lights,
Elius the electrician.
our team of plumbers led by James installed a filter system and tanks to provide clean drinking water and our painters led by experienced painter Charles have transformed the main hall in colours of cream and green.
The plumbers that installed the filter system
Charles the painter.
Collins and Marcos painting the dark green and cream colours on the walls
Three athletic guys dug the deepest hole ever seen for the kitchen’s “soak pit” for run-off water.
Soak pit being dug.
Guys leveling the soil from the soak pit.
Patrick, Jonah and Fred arrived from Nairobi in the late afternoon of Monday February 18 carrying the precious cargo of cabinetry for our brand new kitchen!
Arrival of materials to construct the kitchen
All the men pitched in to unload the beautiful cupboards and benches. It was a sight to behold ... men at work! At last the installation could begin.
Men helping off load the materials.
So the very next day at first light, Fred, a master kitchen craftsman with Streamline Designs and his assistant Silas got stuck into assembling the kitchen.
Silas has been attending the Faraja centre ever since he was a little boy and went to Polytechnic College to train and qualify in carpentry so it is perfect that he should work with Fred, installing the new kitchen.
Silas and Fred installing the kitchen.
The painters did the sign writing on the front of the building, proudly proclaiming FARAJA COMMUNITY CENTRE.
The painters sign writing the front of the building.
The lads who dug the deepest hole in the world completed their job with a solid concrete cover. And very proud of their work too!
The soak pit covered with concrete.
Millicent is chuffed with the makeover of her centre, which she started in 2003 to feed and care for vulnerable children in the region. When the children and their families come to see the new facilities, they will be over-joyed!
Millicent with Fred and Silas.